diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index cdd2bf8..8876290 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## v0.3.3
 
 - Fix an issue in `OpenseaParser` where the plain-text svg wouldn't be recognized as valid image uri
+- Add check in `DefaultCatchallParser` to require that `raw_data` be a `dict`
 
 ## v0.3.2
 
diff --git a/offchain/metadata/parsers/catchall/default_catchall.py b/offchain/metadata/parsers/catchall/default_catchall.py
index 43f9fa4..0bdda1e 100644
--- a/offchain/metadata/parsers/catchall/default_catchall.py
+++ b/offchain/metadata/parsers/catchall/default_catchall.py
@@ -242,4 +242,7 @@ def should_parse_token(  # type: ignore[no-untyped-def]
         Returns:
             bool: whether or not the collection parser handles this token.
         """
-        return bool(token.uri and raw_data)
+
+        if raw_data is not None and not isinstance(raw_data, dict):
+            logger.info("DefaultCatchallParser skips token {token} due to invalid raw data")
+        return bool(token.uri and raw_data is not None and isinstance(raw_data, dict))
diff --git a/tests/metadata/parsers/test_default_catchall_parser.py b/tests/metadata/parsers/test_default_catchall_parser.py
index 39b0d5f..dcdef25 100644
--- a/tests/metadata/parsers/test_default_catchall_parser.py
+++ b/tests/metadata/parsers/test_default_catchall_parser.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from offchain.metadata.fetchers.metadata_fetcher import MetadataFetcher
-from offchain.metadata.models.metadata import Metadata, MetadataStandard
+from offchain.metadata.models.metadata import Metadata
 from offchain.metadata.models.token import Token
 from offchain.metadata.parsers.catchall.default_catchall import DefaultCatchallParser